when vista does not open the file with the proper program, did it prompt
you?
The one I worked on did. I then choose program, browse to the desire program
and select it, check always open with this, ok that seem to work
Of course you can go into tools, folder options , file type to set them up
"mlsoup" <mlsoup@xxxxxx(donotspam)> wrote in message
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>I am really stumped on this one? When I double click on a file it opens
>with
> some files while not opening with others. I am running Vista. It is
> totally
> radom as to what it opens and what it does not.
>
> I can open up the file from the actual program that I need to open it with
> by going to file/open and finding the file that way. When I double click
> on
> the file in the folder that it is in it says "cannot find the specified
> file.
> make sure that you typed the name correctly" It is there. I just opened
> it
> the other way.
>
> I would just like to click on the file and have it open as I have done a
> million times before. This is happening with .doc , .docx and .xls files?
>
> I know that I am not alone as there are others with the same problem. I
> cant wait for the fix of Vista in six months?
>
> It is very time consuming and frustering.
>
> Oh yeah. Brand new latop out of the box.....
> --
> Thank you,
> Matt Campbell